June 2008

  • Facing Food Prices
  • Late Season Tips The harvest season is rapidly approching; the evidence of a season?s worth of hard work and it can make or break a farm.
  • Railcar Pools Washington state growers have used rail to move their fresh and processed produce throughout the United States for years, but a program started almost two years ago is helping to develop a market for third-party rail logistics management.
  • Skone & Connors Produce As the potato industry has changed over the years, one Washington growing operation also has changed with time. Skone & Connors has evolved over more than 60 years to become the grower/packer/shipper and member of a national marketing cooperative that it is today.